Hi Everyone! As you may already know from my regular postings about it on Facebook or Twitter, I’m going to be out in San Francisco the end of this month for the San Francisco release of Kicked Out! While I’m in town I’m going to be collaborating with some great folks and have a …
There is a facebok event page for the event here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128184740541922&ref=ts if you are in Baltimore, or you know folks in the area please invite them! Hope to see you Saturday at Red Emma!
Kicked Out just received a fantastic review on Lambda Literary’s website! They called Kicked Out, ”a distinct, important book” You can read the full review here
A month or so ago I learned about Brent Taylor a gay teen blogger whose focus is on reviewing new LGBT young adult books over at his blog The Naughty Book Kitties. I was really inspired by his work, especially after learning about the response he received from a school librarian when seeking out LGBTQ teen books. …
“KickedOutisfullofhopeandredemption.Ican’toverstatehowmovedIwasbythestoriesinKickedOut,” -ConstanceJones,J.D.,BoardPresident,OzoneHouse A couple of weeks ago I posted about the Kicked Out Fund which is a partnership that has been developed between Homofactus Press and Ozone House. Last week Ozone held a garden party to officially kickoff the Kicked Out Fund and to raise awareness about the issue of LGBTQ youth homelessness. I’m thrilled to …
(clip from her performance at the City Council Pride event) Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the New York City Council Pride event, and the following is a blog post i began working on that night. I’d intended to get it edited and posted sooner, but it was something that took a …
This morning The Center for American Progress released a very exciting report- ‘On The Streets: The Federal Response to Gay and Trangender Homeless Youth.“ I started reading the full report this evening. Lots of thought provoking statistics and analysis of the epiemic. I heard about the planned release of this at last weeks rally here …
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I remember first hearing about Covenant House not long after moving to New York City and beginning work on what became ‘Kicked Out.’ Covenant House here in NYC has a bad reputation for the way in was known to systematically marginalize and abuse transgender youth seeking shelter and services. In fact, just today I was …
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Today I started sending out emails and messages to artists and authors and educators who I know have ties to SF in hopes that they would be able to help me, but I realized it was something that would make sense to post here as well. If you have any ideas please get in touch …
Read more “help me join Kicked Out contributors in SF this August!”
Timing is funny sometimes, I got home from last night’s rally to protect homeless youth here in NYC to discover the exciting news that Lambda Literary had posted a fantastic feature about the anthology called ‘Discarded Teens’ ! “This is a growing issue that has been ignored by our community, but at the end of …
Read more “‘Discarded Teens’ coverage of Kicked Out on Lambda”